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A question of competence
When John Reid became Home Secretary he infamously described his new department as being “not fit for purpose”. Despite shunting off various responsibilities to the newly created Ministry of Justice, his bruising style, like
Read More »The CIA’s $1,000 a Day Specialists on Waterboarding, Interrogations
As the secrets about the CIA’s interrogation techniques continue to come out, there’s new information about the frequency and severity of their use, contradicting an 2007 ABC News report, and a new focus on
Read More »62 arrested at Guantanamo protest
Included in the 62 arrestees were 55 people bearing nametags with names of those “cleared for release” but still held at Gitmo-and five more nametags for those who have died at Guantanamo Bay. Witness
Read More »Bitwatching – Monitoring the internet
HOME SECRETARIES—who are responsible for law, order and the police, among other things—tend not to have reputations as hand-wringing liberals. So it was odd to hear Jacqui Smith, the incumbent, talk piously of the
Read More »Bomb-proof CCTV
Depressing news for extremist privacy lovers today: a cheap CCTV camera which can reliably survive a large bomb explosion with video recordings intact has been developed. It’s no longer possible to cover one’s tracks
Read More »UN human rights investigators leaving for Gaza next week
Geneva – UN investigators will travel to the Gaza Strip and Israel next week to investigate possible human rights abuses in Israel’s recent offensive, a spokesman for the council said Friday. The former chief
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